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Mar. 2, 2014

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At last, Nicklas Lidstrom is showing signs of imperfection. Nearly two years into retirement, he has become a house husband, an attender of charity lunches and a man who leaves dirty laundry scattered around his pristine homestead.

Maybe it's returning to his native Sweden that has caused this breakdown, maybe it's the lack of the daily routine - no more getting up, getting in a car with best friend Tomas Holmstrom, carpool to the Joe, practice, play, home.

Lidstrom, 44 next month, has done one thing perfectly since pulling the curtain down on a glorious hockey career in 2012, and that is make ...